February 25, 2026
NRG Reports Increase In Home Customer Counts In Texas, East
In a 10-K, NRG reported that its retail Home customer count increased versus September 30, 2025 in Texas and in its East segment
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February 24, 2026
New Massachusetts Bill Would Now Give Towns The Right To Ban Residential Electric Choice, Bill Reported From Committee
A newly numbered Massachusetts bill, H.5151, has been reported from the House Ways and Means Committee and would allow individual towns and cities to ban individual residential electric choice
February 20, 2026
Multi-State Municipal Aggregation Consultant Seeks Broker License
Local Power, LLC, which has operated as a consultant for opt-out municipal aggregations in several states including previously Massachusetts, filed an application for an electric broker license in Massachusetts
February 18, 2026
PUC To Review Previously Issued Government Aggregation Certificate After Concerns Raised; Rehearing Of Certificate Issuance Granted (Retail Supplier, Pricing Already Selected)
In response to a rehearing request, the PUC of Ohio will further review the application of Newton Township, Ohio, for certificate as a natural gas governmental aggregator
February 17, 2026
SOPEC Receives Power Broker License From PUCO
The PUC of Ohio granted Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) an electricity power broker license to serve commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers
February 11, 2026
SOPEC Responds To What SOPEC Terms "Embellished Mudslinging" By NOPEC
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) filed a response to the motion to intervene filed by the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) in the PUC of Ohio proceeding addressing the application of SOPEC for an electric broker license (distinct…
February 10, 2026
Large Retail Supplier Seeks Rule Changes To Allow Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation In Current Electric Choice State
NRG Energy has petitioned the Maine PUC for rule changes to allow opt-out electricity aggregation by municipalities
February 9, 2026
SOPEC Clarifies It Isn't Seeking To Broker Residential Customers, Following Opposition From NOPEC
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) submitted a revised application for an Ohio electricity "power broker" license to serve only commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers, in all service areas, with such revision removing residential…
January 16, 2026
Large Municipal Aggregator Seeks "Power Broker" License
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) applied for an Ohio electricity "power broker" license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
December 3, 2025
Jurisdiction's Department of Energy Proposes Price Caps For Retail Energy, Ban On Auto-Renewals If Price Increases
The District of Columbia Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) has proposed the imposition of price caps on retail energy suppliers, as well as other retail market reforms, while presenting a report which states that residential shopping customers in D.C. paid $18 million more than default…
November 12, 2025
Municipal Aggregation Dropping Customers To Default Service
The electricity opt-out Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) for the Town of Penfield, NY will expire in December 2025, and CCA customers will be returned to utility default service on the December meter read cycle
November 7, 2025
NRG Reports Decrease In Retail Home Customer Count
In a 10-Q, NRG reported that its retail Home customer count as of September 30, 2025 was 5.673 million, versus 5.779 million as of June 30, 2025, a decrease of about 106,000 Home customers from June 30, 2025 to September 30, 2025.
November 6, 2025
Large New York Municipal Aggregation Returning Customers to Default Service
Westchester Power (Sustainable Westchester) reported that the following municipalities, which currently participate in the Westchester Power opt-out municipal aggregation program, will be returned to utility default service at the completion of their current electric supply contracts, the terms of…
November 1, 2025
Genie Reports Continued Margin Compression; Decline In Customer Count Versus
In reporting third quarter 2025 earnings, Genie Energy, Ltd. said that its Genie Retail Energy (GRE) segment's Adjusted EBITDA decreased from the year-ago level, as increasing commodity costs continued to pressure margins
October 29, 2025
Several Muni Aggregations Returning Customers To Default Service
The following New York opt-out municipal aggregations for electricity supply, within the Central Hudson service area, are returning their customers to default service:
September 19, 2025
Retail Supplier, Muni Aggregator Say Newly Adopted Rate Notice Rules Shouldn't Apply To Opt-out Aggregations, Seek Rehearing
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council and NextEra Energy Services Ohio (the "Joint Applicants") sought rehearing of the PUC of Ohio's recent order adopting new rules setting forth retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of an "introductory" fixed rate, as NOPEC and NextEra argued that the…
September 3, 2025
PSC Approves Changes To Provisions Governing Default Service If Opt-out Aggregation Commences
The Maryland PSC has approved proposed revisions, from the Office of People's Counsel, to the mechanism meant to address risk to SOS suppliers and customers from the potential start of an opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA) at Montgomery County, Maryland
August 26, 2025
People's Counsel No Longer Proposes "Separate" SOS Rate For Customers Within CCA Boundary If CCA Causes SOS Costs To Rise
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has proposed revisions to the mechanism meant to address risk to SOS suppliers and customers from the potential start of an opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA) at Montgomery County, Maryland
August 15, 2025
Pa. PUC: Court Precedent On State Agencies' Environmental Duties Does Not Authorize Agencies To Contravene Statute (Duties Cannot Be Used To Authorize Opt-out Aggregation In Violation Of Anti-Slamming Law)
State court precedent provides that the state constitutional responsibility of Pennsylvania state agencies to take into consideration clean air and other environmental concerns cannot be used to supersede specific statutory provisions, the Pennsylvania PUC concluded in finding that opt-out municipal…
August 14, 2025
Pennsylvania PUC Denies Municipalities' Petition For Declaratory Order That Opt-out Aggregation Does Not Constitute Slamming
The Pennsylvania PUC denied a petition from the Boroughs of Camp Hill, Carlisle, Hatboro, Lansdowne, Media, Narberth, State College, and Swarthmore which had asked the PUC to hold, via a declaratory judgment, that the opt-out nature of their proposed municipal aggregation (community choice…
August 11, 2025
ICC ORMD Report: ComEd Shopping Customers Paid 2.4¢/kWh More Than Default Service In Past Year
Residential customers on alternative retail electric supply (ARES) at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois paid, on average, 2.46¢ per kWh more for electricity supply in the past 12-month period (June 2024 through May 2025) versus the ComEd price to compare, per an annual report from the Office of Retail…
August 6, 2025
NRG Reports Decrease In Retail Home Customer Count
In a 10-Q, NRG reported that its retail Home customer count as of June 30, 2025 was 5.779 million, versus 5.897 million as of March 31, 2025, a decrease of about 118,000 customers from March 31, 2025 to June 30, 2025.
June 23, 2025
Utility's Small Customer Default Service Rate To Increase 75%, To Nearly 15¢
Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) has filed proposed default service rates with the New Hampshire PUC for the period August 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026
June 10, 2025
NOPEC Receives Broker Licenses
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has granted the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC), d/b/a Energy Vision SM , electric and natural gas broker and aggregator licenses (separate from NOPEC's existing, distinct opt-out government aggregator authority)
June 9, 2025
New York Municipal Aggregation Administrator Will Suspend Administration Activity, Will Return Customers To Default Service
Joule Community Power, a division of Joule Assets, Inc., and an approved Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Administrator in New York State, announced the suspension of CCA administration activity, beginning December 1, 2025.